2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II

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Poland 2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II
FIM Gorzow Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date8 October 2011
CityPoland Gorzów Wielkopolski
Event11 of 11 (144)
RefereeSweden Krister Gardell
Stadium details
StadiumEdward Jancarz Stadium
SGP Results
Attendance17,000
Best TimeSweden Andreas Jonsson
60,98 secs (in Heat 5)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerUnited States Greg Hancock
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upDenmark Nicki Pedersen
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeRussia Nicki Pedersen

The FIM Gorzow Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the eleventh and final race of the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on October 8 at the Edward Jancarz Stadium in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland.[1][2]

Riders[edit]

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Darcy Ward as Wild Card, and Bartosz Zmarzlik and Kamil Pulczyński both as Track Reserves.[3] The Draw was made on October 7.[4]

Results[edit]

It was second Grand Prix event (last time 2011 Swedish SGP) which was stopped before holding all heats (after Heat 16). According to "FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Regulations (2011 edition)", points scored before Heat 16 is approved as an event result.

If a Grand Prix meeting is interrupted or suspended for any reason whatsoever,

the following rules will apply:

1. (...)
2. If the meeting is interrupted before heat 20 is accomplished and the remaining heats cannot be completed, then the race points scored at the completion of heat 16 will determine the result.
3. (...)
— Speedway Grand Prix Regulation, Rule 077.1.4.1, FIM (page 7 and 8)[5]

Grand Prix was won by Greg Hancock who beat Nicki Pedersen, Emil Sayfutdinov and Tomasz Gollob.[6][7]

Heat details[edit]

Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23
1 8 United States (5) Greg Hancock 11 3 3 2 3 11 1
2 1 Denmark (10) Nicki Pedersen 10 3 2 3 2 10 2
3 15 Russia (12) Emil Sayfutdinov 8 0 2 3 3 8 3
4 10 Poland (1) Tomasz Gollob 8 1 2 3 2 8 4
5 12 Australia (16) Darcy Ward 7 3 1 0 3 7 5
6 3 United Kingdom (6) Chris Harris 7 1 3 3 X 7 6
7 9 Sweden (9) Andreas Jonsson 7 2 3 0 2 7 7
8 5 Australia (8) Chris Holder 6 2 0 1 3 6 8
9 16 Poland (2) Jarosław Hampel 6 3 2 0 1 6 9
10 14 Australia (3) Jason Crump 6 1 3 1 1 6 10
11 11 Sweden (11) Fredrik Lindgren 5 0 1 2 2 5 11
12 2 Poland (15) Janusz Kołodziej 5 2 0 2 1 5 12
13 13 Denmark (7) Kenneth Bjerre 4 2 1 1 0 4 13
14 7 Russia (13) Artem Laguta 3 1 0 2 0 3 14
15 6 Sweden (14) Antonio Lindbäck 3 0 1 1 1 3 15
16 4 Poland (4) Rune Holta 0 X 0 X 0 0 16
17 17 Poland (17) Bartosz Zmarzlik - - 17
18 18 Poland (18) Kamil Pulczyński - - 18
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23

e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fell
ns: non-starter • nc: non-classify
Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals

gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Heat after heat[edit]

  1. (63,78) Pedersen, Kołodziej, Harris, Holta (X)
  2. (62,70) Hancock, Holder, Łaguta, Lindbäck
  3. (63,30) Ward, Jonsson, Gollob, Lindgren
  4. (62,06) Hampel, Bjerre, Crump, Sayfutdinov
  5. (60,98) Jonsson, Pedersen, Bjerre, Holder
  6. (63,50) Crump, Gollob, Lindbäck, Kołodziej
  7. (63,91) Harris, Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Łaguta
  8. (63,38) Hancock, Hampel, Ward, Holta
  9. (63,59) Pedersen, Lindgren, Lindbäck, Hampel
  10. (63,34) Sayfutdinov, Kołodziej, Holder, Ward
  11. (64,19) Harris, Hancock, Crump, Jonsson
  12. (64,43) Gollob, Łaguta, Bjerre, Holta (X)
  13. (64,25) Ward, Pedersen, Crump, Łaguta
  14. (63,81) Hancock, Lindgren, Kołodziej, Bjerre
  15. (65,81) Holder, Gollob, Hampel, Harris (X)
  16. (67,44) Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Lindbäck, Holta

The intermediate classification[edit]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points EUR
Poland
SWE
Sweden
CZE
Czech Republic
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
ITA
Italy
SCA
Sweden
POL
Poland
NOR
Denmark
CRO
Croatia
PL2
Poland
Gold United States (5) Greg Hancock 165 14 10 23 13 20 15 9 13 22 15 11
Silver Sweden (9) Andreas Jonsson 125 5 6 8 7 10 17 19 20 8 18 7
Bronze Poland (2) Jarosław Hampel 123 12 5 19 12 5 12 17 18 8 9 6
4 Australia (3) Jason Crump 110 5 6 13 18 8 6 16 7 17 8 6
5 Poland (1) Tomasz Gollob 106 18 6 17 20 7 5 3 12 5 5 8
6 Russia (12) Emil Sayfutdinov 106 14 8 6 7 13 11 13 7 9 10 8
7 Denmark (7) Kenneth Bjerre 101 10 2 9 6 11 12 16 6 13 12 4
8 Australia (8) Chris Holder 101 9 10 9 14 15 6 7 7 11 7 6
9 Sweden (11) Fredrik Lindgren 90 11 6 9 9 5 7 8 5 13 12 5
10 Denmark (10) Nicki Pedersen 89 17 4 9 7 16 3 3 6 10 4 10
11 United Kingdom (6) Chris Harris 74 7 4 3 7 6 6 10 0 5 19 7
12 Sweden (14) Antonio Lindbäck 72 1 9 6 5 3 17 7 12 6 3 3
13 Poland (4) Rune Holta 53 9 1 7 6 1 5 4 8 3 9 0
14 Poland (15) Janusz Kołodziej 50 8 9 1 3 7 10 1 2 4 5
15 Russia (13) Artem Laguta 28 0 1 2 7 1 1 9 4 3
16 Australia (16) Darcy Ward 22 15 7
17 Sweden (19) Magnus Zetterström 19 9 3 7
18 Sweden (16) Thomas H. Jonasson 17 8 9
19 Slovenia (16) Matej Žagar 14 9 5
20 United Kingdom (16) Scott Nicholls 5 5
21 Poland (16) Damian Baliński 4 4
22 Czech Republic (16) Matěj Kůs 3 3
23 Denmark (16) Bjarne Pedersen 3 3
24 Denmark (16) Mikkel B. Jensen 2 2
25 United Kingdom (17) Tai Woffinden 2 2
26 Sweden (17) Simon Gustafsson 1 1 ns
27 Sweden (18) Dennis Andersson 0 0
Rider(s) not classified
Poland (17) Patryk Dudek ns
Poland (18) Maciej Janowski ns
Czech Republic (17) Lukáš Dryml ns
Czech Republic (18) Zdeněk Simota ns
Denmark (17) Michael Jepsen Jensen ns
Denmark (18) Kenneth Arendt Larsen ns
United Kingdom (18) Ben Barker ns
Italy (17) Mattia Carpanese ns
Italy (18) Guglielmo Franchetti ns
Sweden (18) Linus Sundström ns
Poland (17) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. ns
Poland (18) Emil Pulczyński ns
Denmark (17) Michael Jepsen Jensen ns
Denmark (18) Mikkel Michelsen ns
Croatia (17) Dino Kovačić ns
Slovenia (18) Matija Duh ns
Poland (17) Bartosz Zmarzlik ns
Poland (18) Kamil Pulczyński ns
Pos. Rider Points EUR
Poland
SWE
Sweden
CZE
Czech Republic
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
ITA
Italy
SCA
Sweden
POL
Poland
NOR
Denmark
CRO
Croatia
PL2
Poland

References[edit]

  1. ^ "SGP/SWC Dates 2011". speedwaygp.com. 2010-10-22. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  2. ^ "Terminarze Mistrzostw Świata 2011" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2010-10-25. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  3. ^ "Ward z dziką kartą w Gorzowie!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 21 Sep 2011. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
  4. ^ "Lista startowa Grand Prix Polski w Gorzowie" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 7 Oct 2011. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
  5. ^ "SGP Regulation" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-06. Retrieved 9 Jun 2011.
  6. ^ "Greg Hancock zwyciężył w Gorzowie, Hampel z brązowym medalem IMŚ" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 8 Oct 2011. Retrieved 23 Feb 2013.
  7. ^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (88) 2011, page 56 ISSN 1429-3285

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